Compared to levonorgestrel (a common emergency contraception pill), mifepristone probably results in fewer pregnancies. It is also probably more effective at preventing pregnancy than the Yuzpe method ...

Large, well-designed studies are needed to evaluate the benefits and potential harms of antifungal medicines to treat invasive fungal infection in newborn babies.

Compared with no structured exercise, exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for people with coronary heart disease reduces heart attacks, likely reduces hospital admissions and may slightly reduce the ...

It is unclear whether using a T-tube during bile duct surgery in adults having a liver transplant helps keep the bile duct open or increases complications caused by the drain itself. No study reported ...

Using a soft tube (transanal tube) placed through the anus (end of the bowel where stools come out) may reduce the need for further surgery due to bowel leakage. However, it is uncertain whether the ...

Compared with an inactive (dummy) treatment, aciclovir and penciclovir creams probably speed up cold sore healing by about one day without increasing the risk of unwanted events. Compared with each ...

Recurrent miscarriage is associated with inherited blood clotting disorders that could interfere with the placental blood circulation. Recurrent miscarriage can also be unexplained, with no known ...

We reviewed the evidence about the effect of magnesium supplements on muscle cramps, and included the widest possible range of studies. This meant including studies on anyone suffering muscle cramps, ...

Emergency contraception containing mifepristone prevents more pregnancies with fewer side effects than some other common emergency contraceptive pills such as levonorgestrel, according to a new ...

· Compared to usual care (i.e. without specific activities), providing people with dementia with music-based therapy sessions probably improves depression, and may improve overall behavioural problems ...

The aim of this Cochrane Review, first published in 2007, was to summarise research on immunising healthy children up to the age of 16 with influenza vaccines during influenza seasons. We used ...